Pence visits Afghanistan, says U.S. will 'see this through'

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

KABUL (Reuters) - Vice President Mike Pence made an unannounced trip to Afghanistan to meet its leaders and underscore U.S. commitment to the country four months after President Donald Trump agreed to an open-ended war against insurgents here.

Pence arrived on a military plane at Bagram Airfield under the cover of darkness on Thursday night after leaving Washington on Wednesday night. He then flew by helicopter to Kabul, where he met President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah at the presidential palace.

Pence told the leaders he hoped his presence there was tangible evidence that the United States was “here to see this through.”

In a reversal of his campaign call for a swift withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan, Trump in August pledged a stepped-up military campaign against Taliban insurgents and signaled the United States would send more troops to fight in what is the longest war in its history.

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#WORLD NEWS DECEMBER 21, 2017 / 4:22 PM / UPDATED 13 MINUTES AGO
Jeff Mason
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-afghanistan/pence-visits-afghanistan-says-u-s-will-see-this-through-idUSKBN1EF2U3

[pecosbob]

1. How did he have time to visit Afghanistan?

Must have been hard to fit such a long trip in between all those Trump ass-kissing sessions.

[George II]

7. Beat me to it - he would have gotten there earlier, but the surgery....

....to remove his lips from trump's butt took longer than expected.

[diva77]

11. no kidding!

[Irish_Dem]

2. In some countries people are proud of their government, infrastructure and

benefits. They do not mind paying taxes.

[rurallib]

3. Mr. Pence, I have a question

exactly what the fuck is it that we are seeing through?
Bin-Laden is long dead. We should have left then.

Why don't you and Donnie go fight over there and bring our troops back home?

[Puzzledtraveller]

12. I was wondering that all through....

you know, we should have left when we were in power.

[PatrickforO]

4. So.....

With all due respect,


SEE WHAT THROUGH?


Do we even HAVE an objective? It's sure costing a lot of our tax money we COULD be using for healthcare. Or highways and infrastructure. Or subsidies so our children don't graduate from college with massive debt. Or child care.


See what through?

[Cryptoad]

5. A 30 year unwinable war????????

[The_Casual_Observer]

6. The graveyard of nations, MAGA !

[Ferrets are Cool]

8. I'm sure that the PGIC will announce "mission accomplished" at any moment.nm

[Upward]

9. Translation: We Haven't Forgotten About Those Trillion$ in Mineral Deposits

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/14/world/asia/14minerals.html

[NCDem777]

10. There's nothing to see through

the locals care more about tribal squabbles than making a functional country.